1883 V nickel no cents....strong detail

I don't really collect V nickels but I bought this one a few years back. It has full "LIBERTY" and has very strong hair lines. It doesnt say "cents" on the back. What grade do you think this is? And a value?

 

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Based on the wear in the hair above the forehead and on the reverse, I will go with XF45.

 

I would say xf-AU from the pictures. I just recently picked one up in almost the same condition (better fields but small dink on rim) for about $15 which was a great price. I would expect a dealer would offer you about $10-15 and you might score 30-40 from a bidiot on e-bay.
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The coin looks to be a XF-40 or an VF-35, grading a coin through a picture is always difficult. The retail value of such a coin is probably in the range of $10 to $13.
-Mike

 

You really have to take the coin out before taking pictures, these are hard to see.

 

VF-35

 

it dosent say cents because that how it orginal was. intill people started gold plating them in 1883 and passing them off as $5 gold coins thats why they added cents the next year.

i look forward to getting one in this grade. they look nice i have a low grade one